Cleveland Entertainment Top Story from The Plain Dealer: Popular Culturetag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//19892007-12-18T12:48:55ZMovable Type 1.52The Pop Ten: Ozzy Osbourne, `The Simpsons Movie' and Shoparooni top this week's to-do listtag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.5642272007-12-16T20:56:04Z2007-12-18T12:48:55ZHomer & the the Springfield Gang's new movie is out this week on DVD, plus Cleveland hosts Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ozzy Osbourne and a big shopping festival in North Collinwood. Welcome to the week in pop culture... Karen Sandstrom/Plain Dealer Reporter]]>
Homer & the the Springfield Gang's new movie is out this week on DVD, plus Cleveland hosts Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ozzy Osbourne and a big shopping festival in North Collinwood. Welcome to the week in pop culture...
Growing up in Mount Pleasant, Earl Billings knew he wanted to be an actortag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.5564082007-12-13T01:00:00Z2007-12-13T05:16:26ZYou probably don't recognize the name Earl Billings. But trust us -- you know his face. Really, it's hard to escape him. You've seen him on television shows from "Moesha" to "Home Improvement." And surely you've laughed at him in TV commercials where he's upstaged by the loudmouth Aflac duck. Raised in Cleveland's Mount Pleasant neighborhood, Billings, 62, is a career character actor with a lengthy resume.
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You probably don't recognize the name Earl Billings. But trust us -- you know his face. Really, it's hard to escape him. You've seen him on television shows from "Moesha" to "Home Improvement." And surely you've laughed at him in TV commercials where he's upstaged by the loudmouth Aflac duck. Raised in Cleveland's Mount Pleasant neighborhood, Billings, 62, is a career character actor with a lengthy resume.
Hot dogs and baseball have Kobayashi in commontag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.5545762007-12-11T18:42:08Z2007-12-11T18:45:12ZWhat's in a Kobayashi? Plenty, as it turns out: A mysterious Pakistani lawyer, one hungry little Japanese dude and a baseball pitcher who might help get the Cleveland Indians and their fans into the promised land. The point is this: Despite all the decades we've had to consider Juliet's musings about monikers in Shakespeare's love tragedy, names mean even more now than when Montague first unsheathed bodkin to shed Capulet blood.
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What's in a Kobayashi? Plenty, as it turns out: A mysterious Pakistani lawyer, one hungry little Japanese dude and a baseball pitcher who might help get the Cleveland Indians and their fans into the promised land. The point is this: Despite all the decades we've had to consider Juliet's musings about monikers in Shakespeare's love tragedy, names mean even more now than when Montague first unsheathed bodkin to shed Capulet blood.
Everything I need to know I learned from YouTubetag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.5243222007-11-28T15:56:36Z2007-11-28T17:26:50ZWant to know how to iron a shirt? Tread water? Make a Diet Coke-and-Mentos fountain? Need a philosophy of life? Play the opening riff to "Hotel California?" You can learn to do almost anything from online videos. Tom Feran]]>
Want to know how to iron a shirt? Tread water? Make a Diet Coke-and-Mentos fountain? Need a philosophy of life? Play the opening riff to "Hotel California?" You can learn to do almost anything from online videos.
Miss Puerto Rico survives pepper spray, stolen makeup and more to win crowntag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.5194282007-11-26T12:47:10Z2007-11-26T12:52:56ZBeauty pageant organizers in Puerto Rico were investigating Sunday who doused a contestant's evening gowns with pepper spray and spiked her makeup, causing her to break out in hives. Beauty queen Ingrid Marie Rivera beat 29 rivals to become the island's 2008 Miss Universe contestant, despite applying makeup and wearing evening gowns that had been coated with pepper spray.Wire Reports]]>
Beauty pageant organizers in Puerto Rico were investigating Sunday who doused a contestant's evening gowns with pepper spray and spiked her makeup, causing her to break out in hives. Beauty queen Ingrid Marie Rivera beat 29 rivals to become the island's 2008 Miss Universe contestant, despite applying makeup and wearing evening gowns that had been coated with pepper spray.
Pick 3: Music, movies and art to fill your Thanksgiving weekendtag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.5141342007-11-22T11:00:00Z2007-11-24T15:04:56ZNeed to work off that Turkey Day feast? We've got a perfect entertainment trifecta: Devil Doll at the Beachland Ballroom, "No Country for Old Men" at area theaters and "American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell" at the Akron Museum of Art. Plain Dealer Staff]]>
Need to work off that Turkey Day feast? We've got a perfect entertainment trifecta: Devil Doll at the Beachland Ballroom, "No Country for Old Men" at area theaters and "American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell" at the Akron Museum of Art.
Jennie Garth makes her `Dancing with the Stars' exittag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.5136922007-11-21T14:51:50Z2007-11-21T16:50:17ZShe may have been the most popular girl at West Beverly Hills High School, but Jennie Garth couldn't muster enough votes to reach the final of "Dancing with the Stars." See the full story in the Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com's daily "Morning After" entertainment news report.
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She may have been the most popular girl at West Beverly Hills High School, but Jennie Garth couldn't muster enough votes to reach the final of "Dancing with the Stars." See the full story in the Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com's daily "Morning After" entertainment news report.
Photographer Anne Geddes parlayed a passion for babies into an art formtag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.4751102007-11-06T14:55:55Z2007-11-06T15:14:30ZMany moons ago a publisher in Melbourne rejected Anne Geddes' portfolio, telling her she couldn't make a career of photographing babies. That was a monumental miscalculation. Geddes became a world-renowned photographer, her whimsical baby photos plastered on just about everything from greeting cards to coffee mugs. Geddes visited Cleveland recently to talk about her latest book, "A Labor of Love." Fran Henry]]>
Many moons ago a publisher in Melbourne rejected Anne Geddes' portfolio, telling her she couldn't make a career of photographing babies. That was a monumental miscalculation. Geddes became a world-renowned photographer, her whimsical baby photos plastered on just about everything from greeting cards to coffee mugs. Geddes visited Cleveland recently to talk about her latest book, "A Labor of Love."
Jane Austen is 21st Century hot: Her romances still go straight to our heartstag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.4733542007-11-05T18:53:20Z2007-11-05T19:18:08ZJane Austen was the quiet observer of life and love in 18th-century England, but she's 21st-century hot. She even has an action figure. Jane is all over the place. This year's "The Jane Austen Book Club" and "Becoming Jane" enchanted romantics longing for a sweet film fix. Type the keywords "Jane Austen" on YouTube, and you get videos of dashing heroes such as Matthew Macfadyen, who won Keira Knightley in 2005's "Pride & Prejudice," set to now sounds such as Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack." And "Masterpiece Theatre" will present film adaptations of Austen's six novels beginning in January.
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Jane Austen was the quiet observer of life and love in 18th-century England, but she's 21st-century hot. She even has an action figure. Jane is all over the place. This year's "The Jane Austen Book Club" and "Becoming Jane" enchanted romantics longing for a sweet film fix. Type the keywords "Jane Austen" on YouTube, and you get videos of dashing heroes such as Matthew Macfadyen, who won Keira Knightley in 2005's "Pride & Prejudice," set to now sounds such as Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack." And "Masterpiece Theatre" will present film adaptations of Austen's six novels beginning in January.
Pickets march outside 'Today' show in NYC as strike begins by TV, film writers against studiostag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.4728252007-11-05T14:35:44Z2007-11-05T17:10:24ZNoisy pickets appeared outside the "Today" show set on Monday as a strike by film and television writers got under way. Writers' demands for a bigger slice of DVD profits and revenue from the distribution of films and TV shows over the Internet has been a key issue.
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Noisy pickets appeared outside the "Today" show set on Monday as a strike by film and television writers got under way. Writers' demands for a bigger slice of DVD profits and revenue from the distribution of films and TV shows over the Internet has been a key issue.
Fan fiction sites take beloved movies, books and TV shows in new directionstag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.4521862007-10-28T10:00:00Z2007-10-28T10:06:33ZHarry Potter's adventures didn't end when J.K. Rowling published her final novel about him last July. And the end of her TV series hasn't stopped Buffy from slaying more vampires, or kept Mulder and Scully from opening more X-Files. All of them go on, limited only by imagination, in the world of "fan fiction" -- unauthorized stories, written by ordinary fans, using characters or settings from the original books, films or TV shows they admire.
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Harry Potter's adventures didn't end when J.K. Rowling published her final novel about him last July. And the end of her TV series hasn't stopped Buffy from slaying more vampires, or kept Mulder and Scully from opening more X-Files. All of them go on, limited only by imagination, in the world of "fan fiction" -- unauthorized stories, written by ordinary fans, using characters or settings from the original books, films or TV shows they admire.
Halloween kicks off the holiday season in the age of Christmas creeptag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.4537082007-10-27T10:00:00Z2007-10-27T10:11:14ZOnly a few days remain until Halloween, and you know what that means: Time to stuff the kid in a costume, slap a plastic pumpkin in his sticky little hand and take him to the Carousel Dinner Theatre's production of "White Christmas"! Give him some extra hasty pudding if he'll dress like Irving Berlin, and please -- PLEASE -- no whining about the Christmas creep. Karen Sandstrom]]>
Only a few days remain until Halloween, and you know what that means: Time to stuff the kid in a costume, slap a plastic pumpkin in his sticky little hand and take him to the Carousel Dinner Theatre's production of "White Christmas"! Give him some extra hasty pudding if he'll dress like Irving Berlin, and please -- PLEASE -- no whining about the Christmas creep.
Rowling's revelation casts Dumbledore in new light for readerstag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.4454432007-10-22T22:00:00Z2007-10-22T22:15:13ZThe next time Harry Potter fans reread the seven-book series, they'll do it with an important new fact in mind. Albus Dumbledore, beloved Hogwarts headmaster and mentor to hero Harry Potter, is gay, according to author J.K. Rowling. Will a gay character in the Potter books fuel further controversy? The Plain Dealer's Julie E. Washington has the story.
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The next time Harry Potter fans reread the seven-book series, they'll do it with an important new fact in mind. Albus Dumbledore, beloved Hogwarts headmaster and mentor to hero Harry Potter, is gay, according to author J.K. Rowling. Will a gay character in the Potter books fuel further controversy? The Plain Dealer's Julie E. Washington has the story.
Are J-Lo and Christina expecting? Perhaps a big stove will hide celebrity's bun in the oventag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.4323852007-10-16T22:00:00Z2007-10-16T22:06:08ZIn the beginning, there was the empire-waist dress. And it was good. At least for camouflage. But the barely there bulge grew on Jennifer Lopez, and Christina Aguilera became ever more curvifabulous, and the tabloid rags lobbed their crass queries about "baby bumps" with fierce power, until finally it occurred to the population of the entire universe that sometimes the dress makes a gal look pregnant and then again sometimes she's just bakin' a bun. Karen Sandstrom]]>
In the beginning, there was the empire-waist dress. And it was good. At least for camouflage. But the barely there bulge grew on Jennifer Lopez, and Christina Aguilera became ever more curvifabulous, and the tabloid rags lobbed their crass queries about "baby bumps" with fierce power, until finally it occurred to the population of the entire universe that sometimes the dress makes a gal look pregnant and then again sometimes she's just bakin' a bun.
Cleveland Indians uniforms get a PDQ reader redesigntag:blog.cleveland.com,2007:/top_entertainment//1989.4301062007-10-15T15:08:21Z2007-10-15T15:48:06ZLast week in PDQ, we asked readers to take a stab at redesigning the Indians' uniforms. More than 400 reader responses later, we're sure of two things: We have a lot of design talent here in Cleveland and readers love, love, LOVE the Tribe. It didn't seem fair to ignore the responses that arrived after PDQ's deadline; here's a few more that made us smile -- and marvel.Kim Crow]]>
Last week in PDQ, we asked readers to take a stab at redesigning the Indians' uniforms. More than 400 reader responses later, we're sure of two things: We have a lot of design talent here in Cleveland and readers love, love, LOVE the Tribe. It didn't seem fair to ignore the responses that arrived after PDQ's deadline; here's a few more that made us smile -- and marvel.